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Athena SWAN: A Dean’s perspective

Speaker: Professor Andrew W. Lloyd Date and time: 3 Feburary 2015, 15:00-17:00 Location: K101, Kimmeridge House, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University Event Description: This presentation will outline...

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BU Faculty of Health & Social Sciences’ academics on Andalusian scientific...

BU Faculty of Health & Social Sciences academics, Dr Sara Ashencaen Crabtree and Prof Jonathan Parker, have been invited to join the scientific committee of Universidad de Málaga’s Project PASOS...

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International Women’s Day Celebration Event held by WAN

Bournemouth University’s Women’s Academic Network (WAN) met at the Executive Business Centre to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on 6 March 2015.  It provided space for reflection on WAN’s...

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‘And the walls came tumbling down’ – BU involved in Palestinian-Israeli peace...

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict represents one of the most protracted and volatile in contemporary global politics. In Europe, we witness events from the outside through the shock and glare of...

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The ‘Alternative Jerusalem Tour – after Jericho

A few days ago I wrote a BU blog reporting on a Palestinian-Israeli peace and reconciliation conference where I had invited to give a keynote lecture – a great and challenging honour. As stated, I was...

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Seeing through the Confucian ceiling: Chinese and Korean mothers in England

Dr Hyun-Joo Lim This year’s British Sociological Association annual conference was held at Glasgow Caledonian University on the theme of ‘Societies in Transition: Progression or Regression?’ Taking...

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GENERATION EXODUS! Rising from brutality’s crucible

  Professor Otto Hutter As part of our on-going successful research seminar series at the Faculty of Heath & Social Sciences’ Centre for Social Work, Sociology & Social Policy, on the 27th May...

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New book for Centre for Social Work, Sociology & Social Policy visiting...

It is our great pleasure to announce the publication of a comparative sociological, economic and social administrative study of social service provision in Spain and Costa Rica. Visiting fellow's new...

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WAN speaker event: ‘Inspiring our futures: High profile women at BU’

A lunchtime Women’s Academic Network (WAN) event on the 4th June to participate in a panel composed of three senior, high profile BU women proved to be one of our most popular WAN events. This drew in...

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5th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies...

By Professor Ann Brooks, Professor of Sociology The 5th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies hosted by The University of Edinburgh was set against the stunning...

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The Midwifery quilt online- URA scheme funded project

As part of my EdD thesis on ‘The essence of the art of a midwife..’ http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/16560/    I created a reflexive textile quilt, with each of the squares representing an entry in my research...

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Women Innovators – EU Prize

Are you or do you know a Woman Innovator? With the EU Prize for Women Innovators, the European Commission wants to give public recognition to outstanding women entrepreneurs who brought their...

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American Sociological Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Puts Romance,...

By Professor Ann Brooks The American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Conference in August, set against the stunning backdrop of the city of Chicago and Lake Ontario, and the socio-cultural...

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Public engagement success – Biology Week in local school receives thousands...

Saturday 10th – Sunday 18th October saw the celebration of Biology Week nationwide. To join the celebrations Genoveva Esteban and Daniel Franklin from the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences...

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Congratulations to Prof. Brooks

BU Professor Ann Brooks has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).    Ann Brooks is Professor of Sociology at Bournemouth University since January 2015. Ann has held senior...

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Inge Award 2015 received by Julia Round (CsJCC)

In March 2015 I received QR funding to attend the Popular Culture Association conference in New Orleans with colleagues from the CsJCC. This was a fantastic experience due to the scale and scope of...

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November Café Scientific joint venture between FHSS & FMC

This month’s Café Scientific last week (Nov. 3rd) was run as a collaboration between CMMPH and the Media School.  Café Scientific is a monthly event hosted at Café Boscanova for Bournemouth University....

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Successful ESRC Festival of Social Sciences in EBC today

This afternoon Prof. Jonathan Parker introduced the final of three session in the Executive Business Centre under the title ‘Enhancing social life through global social research: Part 3. Social science...

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Talk by Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, Room P411, Wednesday 18th Nov 15,...

All staff members and students welcome. This is the third seminar in the Social Science Seminar Series. Wednesday 18th November 2015, Poole House, P411, 2-3 pm. Organiser: Dr Mastoureh Fathi, FHSS...

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Talk by Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers cancelled

Unfortunately we are cancelling the talk: Ethnographies of Memory – the cultural reproduction of militancy in Kosovo by Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers. We apologise for the late notice. This is...

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